The Posse (Shoot 'Em Up)

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"The Posse (Shoot 'Em Up)"
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Single by Intelligent Hoodlum
from the album Tragedy: Saga of a Hoodlum
B-side "The Posse (Shoot 'Em Up) (Instrumental)"
ReleasedMarch 23, 1993
Genre Hip hop
Length8:36
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Percy Chapman, Raul Santiago
Producer(s) Mr. Freaknasti
Tragedy Khadafi singles chronology
"Back to Reality"
(1990)
"The Posse (Shoot 'Em Up)"
(1993)
"Grand Groove"
(1993)
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"The Posse (Shoot 'Em Up)" is the first single released from Tragedy Khadafi's (then known as Intelligent Hoodlum) second album, Tragedy: Saga of a Hoodlum , and also the single released for the Posse (1993) OST . [1]

Single track listing

  1. "The Posse (Shoot 'Em Up)"
  2. "The Posse (Shoot 'Em Up) (Instrumental)"

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